A Model for Adapting Educational Organizations with Business Intelligence Requirements

Abstract

Business intelligence as a management philosophy and a tool to help organizations manage and refine their information is one of the important innovations in the field of information technology that organizations need to adapt to their benefits. Accordingly, designing a model for adapting educational organizations to the business intelligence phenomenon is the motive and purpose of this research. In order to achieve the goal, descriptive-survey method and case of Asadabad city have been used in this paper. Regarding the focus of this research on educational organizations, the statistical population consisted of 145 faculty and staff members from 5 universities in Asadabad. The sample size was 106 randomly selected based on Cochran’s formula and a questionnaire was used to collect the data. By studying the research background and literature review, 42 distinct indicators for organizational adaptation with business intelligence was determined which are presented in the form of a three-level conceptual model. A confirmatory factor analysis has been used to verify the model. During the first order factor analysis, 27 effective indicators were confirmed. Then, using these 27 indicators and determining hidden variables, second order factor analysis was performed and 6 factors were identified. Business intelligence as a management philosophy and a tool to help organizations manage and refine their information is one of the important innovations in the field of information technology that organizations need to adapt to their benefits. Accordingly, designing a model for adapting educational organizations to the business intelligence phenomenon is the motive and purpose of this research. In order to achieve the goal, descriptive-survey method and case of Asadabad city have been used in this paper. Regarding the focus of this research on educational organizations, the statistical population consisted of 145 faculty and staff members from 5 universities in Asadabad. The sample size was 106 randomly selected based on Cochran’s formula and a questionnaire was used to collect the data. By studying the research background and literature review, 42 distinct indicators for organizational adaptation with business intelligence was determined which are presented in the form of a three-level conceptual model. A confirmatory factor analysis has been used to verify the model. During the first order factor analysis, 27 effective indicators were confirmed. Then, using these 27 indicators and determining hidden variables, second order factor analysis was performed and 6 factors were identified.

Keywords

• organizational adaptation business intelligence
• educational organizations